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Ancient Egypt Ancient Egypt

Matthew StraderMatthew Strader

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• I am Pharaoh McArdeses II of Egypt. I am so glad that you are going to lead my quest today. I need you to travel to a city along the Nile River and bring back limestone to build my pyramid. My scribes have etched symbols on stone tablets and you must decipher them. Answer each of the following questions in order to find the letters that make up the name of the city.

Tablet ITablet I

• Who discovered the almost intact tomb of Tutankhamun in 1922?

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Go to www.ancient-egypt.org

Go to Monuments and Sites of Ancient Egypt then to the Valley of the Kings

Tablet IITablet II

• What is a title bestowed upon the goddess Hathor when she is associated with the solar god Re?

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• Go to www.ancient-egypt.org

• Go to Ancient Egypt from A to Z then click on the letter H and find Hathor

Tablet IIITablet III

• Who ruled ancient Egypt from 2460-2453 BC during the Fifth Dynasty?

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• Go to www.guardians.net

• Go to Kings and Queens

Tablet IVTablet IV

• What belief did the Egyptian Pharaoh Amenhotep IV promote?

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• Go to www.guardians.net

• Go to Kings and Queens

Tablet VTablet V

• Who is god of the dead and King of the Underworld?

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• Go to www.rom.on.ca

• Type gods and goddesses in the search box then click on gods and goddesses

Tablet VITablet VI

• What are the oldest collection of religious writings?

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• Go to www.rom.on.ca

• Type oldest collection of religious writings in the search box then click on religion

Tablet VIITablet VII

• What was one of the main Theban festivals that Luxor Temple was host to?

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• Go to www.gatewaytoancientegypt.co.uk/

• Go down to page select: Luxor Temple

Tablet VIIITablet VIII

• What group of people was causing problems for the Pharaoh Merenptah during his reign because there was an increasing amount of them entering Egypt?

• _ _ _ _ _ _ _• Go to www.gatewaytoancientegypt.co.uk/• Go down to page select: Ramessid Period

(19th Dynasty)

Tablet IXTablet IX

• After one of the embalmer’s men makes a cut in the left side of the body, what does he remove?

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• Go to www.ancientegypt.co.uk/

• Click on Mummification then click on story then embalming and go to the next page

Tablet XTablet X

• Who preserved the beliefs, history, and ideas of ancient Egypt in temple and tomb walls and on papyrus scrolls?

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• Go to www.ancientegypt.co.uk/

• Click on writing

Tablet XITablet XI

• Now place the first letter of each of the answers in order to find the city along the Nile River with limestone deposits for my pyramid.

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• Meet you there!